Power flow control in grid-connected microgrid operation using Particle Swarm Optimization under variable load conditions

International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-85

  Al Saedi, Waleed ^a   Lachowicz, Stefan W ^a   Habibi, Daryoush ^a   Bass, Octavian ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grid connected mode; Microgrid; Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO); Power controller

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AND REACTIVE POWER; ACTIVE-REACTIVE POWER; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CONVENTIONAL PI; CURRENT CONTROL LOOP; DG UNIT; DISTRIBUTED GENERATION UNITS; GRID-CONNECTED; GRID-CONNECTED MODES; INTELLIGENT SEARCHING; LOAD CHANGE; LOAD POWER; MICRO GRID; MICROGRID OPERATIONS; OPTIMAL POWER FLOWS; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; POWER CONTROL LOOPS; POWER CONTROLLERS; POWER FLOW CONTROLS; PSO ALGORITHMS; SELFTUNING; SYNCHRONOUS REFERENCE FRAME; UTILITY SUPPLY; VARIABLE LOADS;

ALGORITHMS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); POWER CONTROL; REACTIVE POWER;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 84873673052     PISSN: 01420615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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